Syracuse, N.Y. -- Isaiah Whitehead, one of the top-rated players in the Class of 2014 and a former Syracuse University recruiting target, announced his decision to attend Seton Hall on Thursday afternoon.

Whitehead, a 6-4 shooting guard from Brooklyn's Lincoln HIgh School, picked the Pirates out of a final list of schools that also included St. John's, Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Indiana. Whitehead is a consensus Top 20 player in the 2014 class.

However, Syracuse, which at one time had been Whitehead's favorite school, had dropped out of the hunt for Whitehead after getting a commitment from Kaleb Joseph, a point guard at Cushing (Mass.) Academy, in August.